Amanda Meng

Benin: Social media blocking and Internet blackout amid 2019 elections

Apr 30, 2019 11 min read

Authors: Roderick Fanou (CAIDA, UC San Diego), Ramakrishna Padmanabhan (IODA - CAIDA, UC San Diego), Arturo Filastò (OONI), Maria Xynou (OONI) Two days ago, social media was reportedly blocked and access to the

Internet disruption in Gabon amid coup attempt

Jan 9, 2019 3 min read

Authors: Philipp Winter (CAIDA), Maria Xynou (OONI) On 7th January 2019, a military coup was attempted in Gabon in a bid to end more than 50 years of rule by President Ali Bongo’